Chapter 67: Volume 1, Chapter 67: Ten-Year Agreement

Hearing Yun Qiyue's demand to recognize her as his master again, Xiaoman didn't refuse immediately.

He had been listening to Yun Qiyue's words, so naturally, he wouldn't ignore her saying that Xiaoyu wasn't suitable for recovering here.

Xiaoman looked at the dilapidated house, which leaked wind and rain and was barely habitable; it was indeed not suitable for Xiaoyu's recovery.

And, Xiaoyu's identity...

"I can recognize you as my master!" Xiaoman clenched his fists, as if he had made a very difficult decision, but after the words were out, Xiaoman felt a sense of relief, and his fists relaxed.

Yun Qiyue raised an eyebrow, not answering immediately, waiting for the rest.

Xiaoman looked at Xiaoyu. "But my sister cannot be a slave."

He could be a slave, but his sister could not.

Yun Qiyue knew Xiaoman had misunderstood, so she said calmly, "I'm asking you to recognize me as your master so you can help me do things, not asking you to sell yourself into slavery."

Xiaoman was stunned.

Not selling himself into slavery?

Yun Qiyue: "I want to make a deal with you. You work for me for ten years, and I will help your sister have a stable life. That way, you won't have to worry about her identity as a girl being exposed. Do you think this deal is worth it?"

Just working, not selling himself—was it worth it? Naturally, it was very worth it.

Especially since Xiaoyu really needed a stable place to live.

Among the beggars, Xiaoyu was always in danger of having her identity as a girl discovered; it wasn't safe.

After thinking this through, Xiaoman didn't look at Xiaoyu again, but knelt on one knee before Yun Qiyue. "Subordinate greets the Master."

The posture was quite professional; he didn't look like someone who had grown up among beggars, which made Yun Qiyue even more satisfied.

After all, people with stories were easier to use, weren't they?

Yun Qiyue was in a good mood and told Xiaoman to take care of Xiaoyu first; she still had to treat the other beggars.

Xiaoyu's illness was known to all the beggars in the dilapidated temple.

Xiaoman's anxiety was also known to them.

Although there wasn't much affection between them, whenever a beggar died of illness or hunger, it would cause ripples in the hearts of the others.

After all, no one knew if they would be the next to die.

The reason they hadn't left was actually because they wanted to know if Yun Qiyue could really save Xiaoyu.

If she could, even if it wasn't for the steamed buns, it would be their gain to have Yun Qiyue check their own ailments.

Because of this mindset, when the beggars saw Yun Qiyue come out, they all looked at her with expectant eyes.

"Alright, continue lining up." Yun Qiyue said calmly.

Beggar A: "Young Lady Yun... Doctor, how is Xiaoyu?"

Beggar B: "Yes, yes, was Xiaoyu saved?"

Everyone looked at Yun Qiyue with eager eyes; there had been no movement since Xiaoman went in, and they didn't know what the situation was.

If Yun Qiyue had treated the person to death, they shouldn't risk it just for a bite to eat.

Xiaoman, inside the room, heard the beggars' words.

Although he didn't know why his Master had come here to treat beggars, he still stood out and said, "My brother is fine."

Seeing Xiaoman standing there safe and sound, and saying Xiaoyu was fine, the beggars were both happy and excited.

This time, without Yun Qiyue needing to urge them, everyone scrambled to line up in front of the dilapidated temple.

Just kidding, having a real doctor treat them and getting steamed buns to eat—who would want to miss such a heaven-sent opportunity?

Yun Qiyue returned to the front and was satisfied to see everyone already lined up.

But as she sat down, Yun Qiyue subconsciously checked the system and was stunned to see that her life value hadn't changed, and her points were still at negative fifty.

"System, did you crash?"

If it hadn't crashed, why hadn't the data changed?

System: "Returning to the Host, I am functioning perfectly."

Yun Qiyue: "... Then what's up with the data?" Why hadn't her life value and points changed after she replaced the surgical equipment?

System: "The Host saved three people earlier. Although there was no immediate point reward, the system automatically detected thirty points and used those points for the exchange."

Yun Qiyue felt relieved upon hearing this.

She had originally thought that since her life value balance was insufficient, she would have to go find Ye Lanjue to top up her life value immediately after treating the patients. Now that she didn't need to rush, she was very happy.

Yun Qiyue: "System, you're not that much of a scam after all!"

System: "?" A screen full of question marks.

Yun Qiyue didn't pay attention to the system anymore and began to focus on taking the beggars' pulses.

Clearly, the beggars were very proactive this time; those without illnesses went to the side after being checked, and those with illnesses took their steamed buns and waited consciously to take their medicine.

These beggars basically didn't have major illnesses; they were mostly minor ailments.

Some had stomach upsets from eating bad food, some had high fevers from infected wounds, some had kidney stones from long-term poor diet, and the most serious were those with pneumonia from neglected colds who were down to their last breath...

In Yun Qiyue's eyes, these were all minor issues. Except for those with infected wounds that needed debridement and disinfection, and the pneumonia patients who needed acupuncture, she just needed to write prescriptions for the rest and hand them to Qingyan and Sixue to handle.

By the time these people finished their medicine, although the effects weren't immediate, the system rewarded her with points as soon as the medicine was ingested.

But when she saw the positive forty on the screen, Yun Qiyue was stunned again.

She had started at negative fifty; this task was to treat ten people for a reward of one hundred points, and then subtract sixty points for buying equipment, so the final result should have been negative ten points. How did it become positive forty?

Asking when you don't understand is a good virtue, so Yun Qiyue asked the system.

System: "Host, do you remember how many people you saved?"

Yun Qiyue thought for a moment. Excluding the two siblings, there were sixteen people in the temple. Three didn't count due to malnutrition, leaving thirteen.

"Fourteen people." Including Xiaoyu.

System: "Saving ten people for a reward of one hundred points is the basic task. Because saving people is a great merit, every person saved has a reward of ten points. If you save a person with great merit, you are rewarded with twenty points. The system detected that one of the fourteen people will have great merit in the future, so it rewarded the Host with one hundred and fifty points. Subtracting twenty, that's a reward of one hundred and thirty points."

Subtracting the previous negative balance, it became positive forty.

Yun Qiyue calculated this and suddenly felt like a serf who had risen to become the master of their own house.

And if she could get points for saving people in the future, would she still have to worry about not being able to afford modern medicine? Would she have to worry about not having enough life value?

Never mind using medicine; even earning enough points to exchange for an operating room wouldn't be a problem.

However, Yun Qiyue suddenly thought of a question.

"Then why wasn't there a reward when I saved He You Lan at the Princess Mansion?" Logically, there should have been a life value reward as well.

System: "... Perhaps it's because He You Lan's illness hasn't been cured yet."

Yun Qiyue felt the system's explanation made sense, so she didn't dwell on the issue.

Afterward, Yun Qiyue had Qingyan get a carriage to take Xiaoyu and Xiaoman along, and they returned directly to the General's Mansion.

And what Yun Qiyue had done here was soon reported back to the Regent's Mansion.

At this time, in the Regent's Mansion, Moyu knelt on one knee and reported to Ye Lanjue: "Master, Young Lady Yun has taken that person from the dilapidated temple away. Should your subordinate go and bring them back?" ===== CHAPTER 68 =====